Examples of shortness of breath in a Sentence
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This makes red blood cells small and pale, causing fatigue, weakness, and shortness of breath.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Respiratory Conditions Chronic respiratory conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affect your lungs and airways, causing symptoms like coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Heart failure can cause symptoms like shortness of breath, weight gain, fatigue, weakness and swelling in the feet, legs, ankles or stomach.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Women are more likely to have plaque in the heart’s smaller blood vessels and can have more unusual symptoms of a heart attack such as back pain, indigestion and shortness of breath.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Respiratory Conditions Chronic respiratory conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affect your lungs and airways, causing symptoms like coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Heart failure can cause symptoms like shortness of breath, weight gain, fatigue, weakness and swelling in the feet, legs, ankles or stomach.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Women are more likely to have plaque in the heart’s smaller blood vessels and can have more unusual symptoms of a heart attack such as back pain, indigestion and shortness of breath.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Shortness of breath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortness%20of%20breath. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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